The Bagad de Lann-Bihoué is a

bagad A bagad (, ) is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes ( br, binioù, french: cornemuse), bombards and drums (including snare, tenor and bass drums). The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed si ...

, a

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

pipe band A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of Bagpipes, pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common. The most common form of pipe band consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland b ...

. It is the bagad of the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

. It represents the French Navy and France in multiple national and international events. It has performed regularly in front of Heads of State. It is a source of cultural influence in Brittany, as in the rest of France. It was created in 1952 on the naval air base Lann-Bihoué near

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

(

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

). Having almost been disbanded twice in 1969 and in 2000, it secured its existence in 2001 by becoming a professional band. It has recorded about fifteen albums during its over 60 years of existence and has participated in several songs or albums from other artists. 30 ''

sonneur A ''sonneur'' – or, in Breton, ''soner'' (plural: ''sonerien'') – is a player of traditional music in Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical coun ...

s'' sign a one-year contract renewable three times. They write and arrange the bagad directory themselves, reflecting their personality and their knowledge of their terroir or of a particular music style.

Discography

*1982: ''30e Anniversaire 1952-1982'' (

Keltia Musique Keltia Musique is a French independent record label and distribution company specializing in Celtic music. It was founded in 1978 in Quimper, Brittany, by Hervé Le Meur. History The company was founded by Hervé Le Meur, co-founder of Bagad ...

) *1989: ''Bagad de Lann-Bihoué'' (Keltia Musique) *1991: ''Marches, danses et mélodies'' (

Coop Breizh Coop Breizh is a Breton cultural company founded in 1957 by Kendalc'h confederation, based in Spézet, Brittany, France. Specialized in the production, the publishing and the literary and musical distribution, it propose articles related to Breton ...

) *1992: ''40e Anniversaire 1952-1992'' (Coop Breizh) *1996: ''Glann Glaz'' (Coop Breizh) *1997: ''Entre Terre et Mer France 2 Music'' (

Polygram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...

) *1998: ''Me gav hir an amzer'' (Keltia Musique) *2000: ''Ar Mor Diven'' (Columbia Tristar /

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

) *2002: ''Fromveur'' (Sony Music) *2005: ''Kerbagad'' (Coop Breizh / Label Production) *2007: ''Bagad de Lann-Bihoué'' (Keltia Musique) *2007: ''Bagad de Lann-Bihoué : 55 ans'' (Coop Breizh / Label Production) *2012: ''Degemer Mat'' (

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

)

References

* Claude Charbonneau, ''Le Bagad de Lann-Bihoué : 1952-2002 : 50 ans au service de la Royale, de la Bretagne et de la France'', Plœmeur, 2002, 104 p.

External links

Presentation on the site of the French Navy

Site of the association
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1952 Bagad Celtic music groups Musicians from Lorient French military bands 1952 establishments in France

Discography

See also

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